DOI: 10.32912/papahou.59.182859

Authors: Zoe Richardson, James Taylor

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DOI: 10.32912/papahou.59.180533

Authors: Rebecca Loud

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DOI: 10.32912/papahou.59.165429

Authors: Georgia Miller, Philip Hinton

Abstract: Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland Museum’s pest monitoring tool has evolved from a basic spreadsheet into a museum-wide system with automated functions, visual summaries, and standardised metrics for analysing pest activity. Designed for accessibility and local relevance, the tool supports cross-departmental collaboration and strengthens preventive conservation practices. This article reflects on the cultural shift that occurs when pest management becomes a shared responsibility — supported by user-friendly data and broad staff engagement. Drawing on international Integrated Pest Management (IPM) best practice, we offer an Aotearoa-specific case study showing how global standards can be successfully adapted to local museum contexts.

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DOI: 10.32912/papahou.59.165323

Authors: Lars Sheppard-Larsen

Abstract: Christoph Traugott Hermann Rudolph Ehrhardt (1937–2001), Associate Professor in Classics at the University of Otago Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka and Honorary Curator for the Greek and Roman coins at Tūhura Otago Museum, was one of the most important figures in the study of ancient numismatics in Aotearoa. Among the many activities of his academic career, Ehrhardt sought to make a record of all the ancient Greek and Roman coins in public collections across the country. As part of this project, Ehrhardt produced a series of unpublished documents describing and identifying 1,285 ancient Greek and Roman coins in the Auckland Museum, completed in 1991 after a nine-year period of sporadic work. Ehrhardt’s extensive contribution in this regard, though previously little known, has recently come to light thanks to the Museum’s ongoing project to further develop its extensive numismatic collections, which comprise approximately 30,000 coins, medals, and other objects from a wide range of historical and cultural contexts. Although Ehrhardt’s specialist focus concerned only a small portion of the overall numismatic collection, his meticulous work left the ancient Greek and Roman coin collection in an excellent position to become the starting point for developing the Auckland Museum’s future management of its numismatic holdings. This article details Ehrhardt’s background, life, and career before moving to focus on his work on the Greek and Roman coin collection, recording the legacy of an important contributor to the study of numismatics at the Auckland Museum.

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DOI: 10.32912/papahou.59.174843

Authors: Cathrine Patten, Libby Easterbrook, Amelia Willems, Georgia Rudd, Caroline Walker, Kane Meissel

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DOI: 10.32912/papahou.59.171063

Authors: Nina Finigan, Amiria Taumata

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DOI: 10.32912/papahou.59.152870

Authors: Joshua Emmitt

Abstract: James Tannock Mackelvie sent many items to Auckland in the late nineteenth century, amongst which were objects of archaeological provenance. Auckland at the time was home to fledgling societies such as the Auckland Acclimatisation Society and the Auckland Institute, and the membership of these societies frequently overlapped. The overlap in these interests in Mackelvie’s case resulted in him frequenting the town of Hyères on the French Riviera later in life, a famous acclimatisation area. There, he made connections with other acclimatisers who also had a background in antiquities and could obtain material through them to send to Auckland. This antiquities trade, as well as broader acclimatisation activities, was in the context of the colonisation of Aotearoa, New Zealand, by colonial settlers and played a part in the colonisation process. Here, the collection history of material from the Swiss Lakes and Roman pottery from Hyères is outlined and discussed in the context of colonial Auckland and the antiquities trade in the nineteenth-century.

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DOI: 10.32912/papahou.58.143697

Authors: Genevieve Silvester, Gretel Boswijk, Shaun Higgins

Abstract: In 1980 the Auckland Institute & Museum received a bequest which included a small oil painting, “The Music Lesson”, noted as by Jan Steen, a Dutch artist active in the mid-17th century. However, there was doubt about this attribution, with the possibility the painting was by a contemporary or a 19th century pastiche of the 17th century Netherlandish style. With attribution of the painting unresolved, a technical art history survey of the painting was undertaken to inform understanding of when, where and who executed the painting. This included pigment analysis of the paint and dendrochronological analysis of the oak panel. Attribution of “The Music Lesson” to Jan Steen could not be refuted, but several hypotheses remain open, requiring further investigation of the artistic style. However, the use of specific pigments not used after AD 1700 and a terminus post quem date of AD 1623 for the oak panel provide clear indication of mid-seventeenth century Northern Europe in the period and place of manufacture. This aligns well with the composition, costume, and subject matter and rules out the likelihood of the work being a 19th century pastiche.

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DOI: 10.32912/papahou.58.143696

Authors: Victoria Passau

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DOI: 10.32912/papahou.58.143685

Authors: Jane Groufsky, Janene Smith

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DOI: 10.32912/papahou.58.143694

Authors: Sascha Nolden, Hugh R. Grenfell

Abstract: This paper presents an annotated English translation of Ferdinand Hochstetter’s handwritten German-language manuscript diary from the period 7-13 June 1859 when he travelled on Captain John Grundy’s cutter Maid of the Mill to Coromandel and Waiheke Island in the company of Charles Heaphy and Julius Haast. Heaphy, explorer, surveyor, landscape artist and expert on the Coromandel goldfields, furnished Hochstetter with valuable information, and his maps, watercolours and pencil sketches from the excursion add visual evidence to the text. The diary is complemented by Auckland War Memorial Museum’s archival volume (MS-18) of receipts from Hochstetter’s visit and geological survey commissioned by the Auckland Provincial Government.

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DOI: 10.32912/papahou.58.143687

Authors: Catherine Hammond

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